Friday, May 10, 2013

Mitt Romney shared his secrets for “abundant living” with the 2013 graduates of Southern Virginia University this weekend, and at the top of his list was marrying young and having “a quiver full of kids.”

The former presidential candidate quoted Scripture when he advised the school’s mostly Mormon students to “launch out into the deep” instead of living “in the shallows.”

He said staying single until your 30s may be a mistake.

“I’m so glad I found Ann when I was still so young,” he said of his wife.

“Some people could marry but choose to take more time, they say, for themselves. Others plan to wait until they’re well into their 30s or 40s until they think about getting married,” he continued. “They’re going to miss so much of living, I’m afraid.”

“If you meet a person you love, get married,” he said. “Have a quiver full of kids if you can.”

“Every one of you here today as a graduate can live an abundant life,” he told the students. “Every single one of you. You will not all be rich and famous and powerful, but each of you can live an eminently successful, rewarding, abundant life.”

Every day I thank God this asshole didn't end up in the White House.

If you are not familiar with the Quiverfull movement, check this link out. The Quiverfull movement is very dangerous!

Thursday, May 9, 2013

“Reporterlookigforanswers” has left a comment with a link to Ed Opperman’s blog. Mr. Opperman is the private investigator hired by Shailey Tripp to investigate any information that could be uncovered as a result of the “evidence seized” by the Anchorage Police Department. Ms. Tripp arranged for the evidence to be sent directly from the APD to Mr. Opperman for his evaluation. “Reporter” has explained in the comment left last night that he/she has conducted an interview of Mr. Opperman. I received this private e-mail from “Reporter” that I have been given permission to share with you. The following e-mail was sent to the attorney f or the Palins, Mr. Tiemessen:

Dear Mr. Tiemessen & C.P.T.T.J., LLC,
The above captioned title, Columbia hookers case takes strange turn in USA; previously deposed witnesses receive death threats, was found on twitter yesterday (May 2, 2013) and relates to a woman named Shailey Tripp. As you may know she is the woman whose name got associated with Todd Palin. There are several reporters seeking answers about the relationship between Todd Palin and Shailey Tripp. Two reporters from the New York Times started investigating the story but were told by their Editor they could not publish anything. Oddly enough, the Palins have not denied knowing her; in fact Sarah Palin has referred to her five times on national television, the most infamous on the Sean Hannity show when asked about Hermain Cain’s infidelity. Ironically Sarah Palin condoned Cain’s behavior passive aggressively by indicating that “boys will be boys”. On a radio show she indicated that all the public and reporters had to do was ask Todd Palin if he had been “hanging around with hookers in Alaska” and that he was not “involved in a prostitution ring” long before anyone accused him of being allegedly involved in a prostitution ring.

Despite the above events many of us have been stonewalled off the story. Yet, the public still remains interested and there have been some new developments with information regarding these two people and even you, Mr. Tiemessen. Shailey Tripp’s life appears to be threatened. Some of the latest events have been threats on her life, and a mysterious fire in her apartment building. She also appears to be a witness in regards to secret service agent, David Chaney. Formal letters have been sent to several Federal agencies to release more information under the FOA, on the statement of David Chaney about his statement and whether or not it confirms Ms. Tripp’s story. David Chaney was one of the Secret Service agents assigned to Sarah Palin. One persistent blogger and former lawyer, Malia Litman, has formerly asked for a statement regarding this relationship from you and your client Todd Palin.

New information has surfaced and was sent to several investigative agencies and reporters. Some of the information sent were possible medical records showing that Shailey Tripp provided Sarah Palin and Todd Palin a massage at the All About You Spa in Anchorage, AK. There is a signed contract showing the relationship of Shailey Tripp to the All About You Spa. There are records showing a large donation of $900, Shailey Tripp made to the Parnell- Palin political campaign. There are pictures and records indicating that indeed information with Todd Palin’s name in the property the Anchorage Police (APD) took from the arrest of Shailey Tripp and was investigated and confirmed by P.I. Ed Opperman of emailrevealer.com & featured on ABC Nightline and the Dr. Drew show in Las Vegas, NV. Former Lt. Dave Parker of the APD issued a false press release to the national media stating that Todd Palin’s information was not in any of Shailey Tripp’s property. Since then Mr. Parker recanted and told follow up reporters that he issued that statement because John Tiemessen asked him to. Since that statement we now have his revised statement admitting he lied in the press release and the evidence from Ed Opperman indicating that Todd Palin’s name and contact information were in the evidence that was in the possession of the APD as a result of Shailey Tripp’s arrest in March of 2010.

In light of all this information I have several questions and respectfully ask that you comment on them. My first question is why does John Tiemessen’s phone number appear in Shailey Tripp’s cell phone records 6 times and each call lasting more than 30 seconds and as long as 7 minutes from 2008-2010? Why does ToddPalin’s phone number appear in Shailey Tripp’s phone records 12 times; each call lasting more than 2 minutes? Will you also make a comment on the book Boys Will Be Boys by Bottoms & Tripp published in March of 2012? What comment would you like to make on the medical records from the All About You Spa that show that Shailey Tripp gave both Sarah Palin and Todd Palin massages in Feb. and March of 2008? Why has Tiemessen, the Palins, or Officer Padgett not sued Shailey Tripp for defamation, slander, or lies in her book Boys Will Be Boys when in fact Todd Palin, was quick to go after author Joe McGinnis? Can you comment on the fact that the book Boys Will Be Boys shows emails attesting to the fact that you and thePalins were made aware of the Shailey Tripp allegations through the National Enquirer in Dec. of 2010, and you chose not to respond to them at that time, is there anything you would like to say now? Shailey Tripp’s allegations and her version of the story now appear in her book titled Boys Will Be Boys (in which she is actively seeking a movie deal), in the movie by Nick Broomfield titled Sarah Palin: You Betcha, in a newly published book titled The Lipstick Mystic’s® Guide to Time Traveling (sic), an audio account on YouTube & on the Immoral Minority Blog, the National Enquirer, and in Malia Litman’s public blog but the Palin version of this story and their commentary have not been issued. Can you also comment on the fact that the medical records indicating the massage Shailey Tripp performed on Sarah Palin in March of 2008 note that Sarah Palin was not pregnant and had in fact just received lippodissolve injections a few weeks prior to the massage?

I also wish to inform you that Shailey Tripp’s lawyer will also receive a similar email asking her for a direct quote and her side of the story. In the event Ms. Tripp answers I will send you one more email for a chance of a rebuttal and promise to print word for word anything you may say. In closing, can you comment on any aspect of the above questions and information? If an article is published or a book is published based on the above information is there anything you or your firm or your clients would like to add? In the event a movie deal is made on the book Boys Will Be Boys is there anything you would like to share? Please reply no later than Monday May 6, noon e.s.t.

The circle will be complete when the documents are produced by Homeland Security. You remember, the documents that are currently being withheld due to an “investigation.” Maybe charges will be filed before we see the documents, but if they are filed, we will have a good idea about whether David Chaney confirmed that Todd introduced him to Ms. Tripp.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

I love inspirational people like my sister Heather! For her 50th birthday she just decided she'd up and run a marathon thousands of miles away in New Orleans after such limited time and even more limited training opportunities in freezing c...old snow-covered Alaska all this long, long winter. Heather works full-time with children with special needs in the Anchorage School District, plus she works weekends in a dental office and conducts tours for Alaska Salmon Berry Tours, in addition to helping at the family-owned business, Bruce's Muldoon Chevron gas station. And she and her husband raise three busy kids! Heather helps out with all the nieces and nephews (thank you for stepping in so often for Todd and me, Heather!), too. She helps answer my mail and fends off pesky reporters who unfortunately bug her to try to get to me to do more of their bugging.

So, Heather decided to fly to New Orleans by herself. She hasn't traveled like that since college. She went to the race with no support. I was ticked at her that she was missing the birthday party we were throwing for her that weekend (well, it was a combined party to include the annual after-Iron Dog celebration for Todd, plus her birthday... we're always killing a few birds with one stone), but I forgave her because when she texted me her plan she was already on her way to the airport, so there was no backing out. She's the one who bakes the magical homemade chocolate cakes for our parties, but we forgave her for the missing magic at the party anyway.

We all texted her after the race.

"I did ok," she humbly offered. "Hurt like heck, naturally, died a thousand deaths, but it was decent, I guess. Glad I did it."

We congratulated her and left it at that. Then my sister Molly went over to Heather’s house today and sees Heather’s plaque from the New Orleans Rock 'n Roll marathon for her OUTSTANDING 26.2 mile performance! She ran a 3:42:27 and placed second in her age group! (She'd forgotten to mention all that!) Heather's always been a great athlete, and we all share a love of running, hiking, streaming sweat through Bikram, and anything active outdoors, but none of us can keep up with her! (She can do three sets of push ups, 70 at a time, and finish with an additional 30; BOY push ups! I crumble at the thought.) She's truly an inspiration. And so humble...

But the coolest thing about all this today, besides finally finding out her kick-butt race time, was re-reading her most recent group text to the family. It wasn't about her fitness prowess, or how busy she is, or her overcoming obstacles that others use as excuses to avoid getting outside and enjoying all that our beautiful states have to offer. It wasn't about her being able to qualify for the Boston Marathon (which we hope she'll run someday, just like our dad did back in the 80's!) Instead, Heather texted a proud mom's moment.

Her son, our nephew, has autism. Karcher will always add another dimension and perspective to the family's life. The road has not been easy and may never get any easier. But we've all said Karcher is our red-headed angel that God knew to place with Kurt and Heather because they're gifted enough to handle all He allows. The Bruces are amazing. (And Heather will want to wring my neck for bragging about her. Or she'll arm wrestle me into oblivion to teach me a lesson.)

Heather's text today explained that she doesn't have the typical Facebook page to brag about her kids like so many do, but she wanted to share a recent wonderful accomplishment -- not her own, but her son's.

Karcher will be graduated from East High School next month in the Top 10% of all students! He was given a University of Alaska Scholars Award, and he also won an "Excellence at East" award for his amazing progress through such challenging high school years, especially through the relentlessly and sometimes inexplicable difficult social situations a child with obvious challenges must endure. His teacher and the principal signed the award certificate. It encouraged Karcher to reach for the stars and always be proud to be an East High Thunderbird! Native tradition tells us that the thunderbird represents an indomitable spirit. That describes Karch.

So Sarah has help caring for her brats, yet she calls out Melissa Harris-Perry out for this:

Melissa's point is it takes a village to raise a child, something Hillary Clinton has said. So Heather helped raise Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig but Sarah gets pissy when someone else suggests it.

As my family travels to Arizona for Willow’s graduation this week, allow me to be a proud mom in congratulating Willow and her classmates at Penrose Academy on this achievement a...nd also offer advice to young people that I always give in graduation speeches about following your dreams.

In planning for her future, Willow thought long and hard about what kind of work would make her happy and provide her with a good income in today’s economy. She’s artistic and has an interest in making people feel and look their best, and as an entrepreneur with a strong work ethic she desires to be her own boss as a small business owner. With all that in mind, she decided to finish her high school requirements quite early and enroll in an academy for hair and skin, which allowed her to study abroad, visit the sets of major media productions, and work with the best of the best in the industry. She’ll be graduated this week with no debt and a great career ahead of her doing something she loves in a recession-proof industry (everyone needs their hair cut after all!).

It’s crucially important today for young people to think about the big picture when making education decisions. And the big picture is the goal of self-reliant business opportunities based on work ethic and not entitlements. One of the reasons I aggressively encouraged vocational training opportunities as governor of Alaska is because they lead to good paying jobs and happy careers. Young people should not be pressured into assuming that a college degree is the only path to employment today. It’s not. Some college degrees obviously lead to clear professions, like those in the medical and engineering fields, but that’s not the case with many of the liberal arts degrees young people today gravitate toward either because they aren’t sure what they want to do after college or because they’ve been led to believe that college life is a sort of rite of passage for any career. That might have been the case once, but the salary and career opportunities a liberal arts education alone can get you have been dramatically limited these days. It’s so sad to see young people holding expensive college diplomas that come with no practical job opportunities.

I’m not discouraging a student from getting a liberal arts degree if that is his or her dream. I am always for following your dreams. How could I be against a liberal arts education when I myself got a liberal arts degree in journalism/communications from the University of Idaho? However, I knew when I was graduated from high school what I wanted to do, so it wasn’t as if I was embarking on an expensive voyage of self-discovery. And I’m proud of the fact that I was able to pay for my degree myself and graduate debt free. See how times have changed? Back then I was able to work my way through college and pay as I went. I had to go to school part-time some semesters in order to work and intern full-time, so it took me five years instead of four to get my bachelor’s degree, for which I've been roundly criticized by the liberal media (but how many of those critics were shackled in debt after they perhaps gallivanted around the globe with their daddy’s credit card in their backpack before finally finishing college and snagging that gig at MSNBC?). It was actually possible back in the ‘80s to graduate debt free. Nowadays it is next to impossible unless you have a full scholarship. Students today often graduate with the equivalent of a mortgage in college debt for a degree they’re not even sure they can parlay into a job. As Daniel Mitchell recently wrote, young people are buried in college debt “yet they are having a hard time finding jobs because Obama’s policies are stunting the economy’s performance. And even if they do find a job, the research suggests they will get paid less. Not just today, but for the foreseeable future.”

Follow your dreams, by all means. But don’t be blind to the fact that your dreams might be achieved outside of acquiring an outrageously expensive traditional college degree. Do not be lulled into thinking that good jobs grow on trees or that the government will somehow take care of you. The bottom line is – as my dad always told me – find out what you love to do, then find out how to make a living doing it. Learning a trade can do both. No one can take those vo-tech real life skills away from you. They lead to independence, satisfaction, and a paycheck. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Kudos to Willow and all Class of 2013 students for taking this lesson to heart. We’re so proud of her!

The only reason Willow graduated debt-free is 1-she got paid for Bristol's reality show or 2-SarahPac paid for it.

I'm more convinced than ever that Sarah did not graduated from UI. Sure there is a pic of her in a graduation gown but some colleges allow students walk then finish up their coursework in the summer. That pic could also be Heather or Molly too and Sarah photoshopped it.

As for me I'm proud to say I'm educated. I started out at a community college, got my associates degree, transferred to a four year college. However after a semester at the university I got bored and wanted to work, so I dropped out. I got a job not making big money but at least a livable wage. I enjoyed having a little money in my pocket so I never returned. At the time I enjoyed my job so money wasn't a huge factor

Fast forward to 2012.

By this time I was stuck in a dead-end job but paid well. Between college and 2012 I did bounce around from a few different jobs, had a job working for the local school district as an administrative assistant but was laid off due to budget cuts (thanks Tim Pawlenty!) So I took a job that was to be temporary but was hired on by the company and I ended up there for four years. I hated it, management and the people I worked with were lazy and didn't give a shit. So I went back to school to be a travel agent, a profession I was always interested in but no schools nearby had a program for it. I was able to take the class online, got high grades, a diploma, and a job six months later.

Yes education is important! Doesn't matter if you want to be a travel agent, hairdresser, or a doctor. If you want to be a doctor don't let the cost deter you.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Now I don't know if another team will take Tebow..note to the Vikings, hell no! You already have enough problems with Christian Ponder. Tim may also end up in the Arena League, the CFL or NFL Europe, but I think it's safe to say Sarah Palin's curse brought him down.

Off topic but NBA player Jason Collins also announced his sexual orientation on Monday so Sarah is out of luck.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

No longer on staff at Fox News, Sarah Palin lashed out at the media and the
White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner late Saturday night, calling an
event her husband and daughter have both attended a “pathetic” party for
“assclowns.”

Palin has never attended the “nerd prom” herself, but in 2011 she showed
up at both the Vanity Fair and MSNBC after-parties. Her daughter, Bristol,
went to the dinner while Palin spoke to a group
of antiabortion activists.

“I choose life,” over the party, Palin said in her speech. ”You really see
evidence of that influence out there of — you know — the celebrity, how the news
is, and the political arena, and how it all kind of meshes together.

In 2009 the then-governor was scheduled to attend (as a guest of Fox News)
but canceled her plans due to emergency flooding back in Alaska. Her husband
Todd attended
in her stead.

Longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw has also criticized the
dinner, saying the star-studded event sends a message of “‘We’re Versailles.
The rest of you eat cake.’”